The Battle of Zhangshui can be said to be the first battle since the founding of Da Chu, and it was also the first defeat. Although it was an unlucky omen, Yuan Shu and others did not take it too seriously. After all, it was an away battle.

The opponent was ready to attack, and two top counselors were plotting against him. However, Gan Ning went deep alone. He had a bad temper, so it was normal for him to fall into the trap. On the contrary, after falling into the trap, he was able to fight back, break out of the encirclement, and severely injure Yuan Shao's general Chunyu Qiong.

This achievement was enough to demonstrate the power of Chu's navy. At the same time, the power of Chu's navy and warships revealed made all the princes in the world completely give up the idea of ​​competing with Chu on the navy.

If the gap between navy soldiers can be shortened through continuous training, then the gap between warships is enough to make these princes despair. Due to Yuan Shu's attention and recruitment, 80% of the craftsmen and 90% of the shipwrights in the world are here

Jiangdong, after years of countless financial support from Yuan Shu, as well as brainstorming and Yuan Shu's own foresight, Jiangdong's shipbuilding technology has reached its current level.

As for other princes, it is difficult to build even the most basic three-story ship in Jiangdong, let alone steel ships. More than 70% of the warships under their command are walking boats, which can only swim in the Yellow River at most.

It is simply impossible to go to sea. Since the development of Jiangdong, the fleet that has been formed is basically a fleet of large building ships with more than five stories and large semi-iron sterns, assisted by some other small ships. The former is stronger than the boarding battle, and the latter

The two sides were stronger than the collision, and the gap between the two warships was almost endless.

This absolute gap in shipbuilding technology basically completely curbed the possibility of other princes competing with Yuan Shu in terms of naval forces. To give a simple example, Yuan Shu's warships are enough to accommodate five thousand naval forces.

A large ship with a thousand people, but Yuan Shao's command can only accommodate fifty people. When the two sides engage in battle, not to mention the problem of the collision of warships. During the battle, all five thousand people on Yuan Shu's side can join the battle.

Due to various reasons, it would be good for Yuan Shao's fleet to have 3,000 men engaged in battle. This is the most obvious difference in combat power between the two sides caused by the gap in warships.

But now that it is placed on Jiangdong's new type of warship, the gap is even greater. Due to the large size and weight of this kind of warship, the impact it brings completely ignores the gap in the strength of the two sides. Directly move the warships onto the warships.

The effect of the gap can be maximized, to a certain extent, it directly ignores the gap in combat power between the two armies, and basically crushes them unreasonably. This battle of Zhangshui is proof of this.

Taking this opportunity, Yuan Shu also proved to the civil and military men under his command how terrible the craftsmen are. Compared with the gap between soldiers and soldiers, the crushing power of weapons and technology is even more terrifying. If it were not for the unreasonable power of Yun Qi in this era,

, Yuan Shu really wants to put out the slogan that science and technology is the primary productive force and combat effectiveness, shrink the development for a few years, and once the guns and artillery come out, the tiger and leopard cavalry and the Euphorbia cavalry will all stop eating. Why is it so troublesome now?

Accompanied by Jia Xu, Yuan Shu came to the newly established Warship Technical Institute. This was one of the many new military technical institutes established by Yuan Shu after the founding of the People's Republic of China. It was located in a secret harbor on the Wujun coastline. It was heavily guarded and housed the top ships in the world.

Craftsmen can say that 99% of them are located here. Yuan Shu can be said to have put a lot of thought into the research and development of the ship.

"How is the progress of the all-steel ship? Mr. Lu?" While casually visiting the port, Yuan Shu asked the person in charge of the technical institute who was following him step by step.

"Your Majesty, in fact, we have been able to build this kind of ship a long time ago, but it does have quite a lot of shortcomings when used in actual combat. We are now stepping up research and trying our best to perfect the technology of all-steel ships. It is estimated that it will take more than half a year to actually build one that is of practical significance.

An all-steel warship with the same effect." Mr. Lu said bluntly.

"Oh? Are there any other issues that need to be improved? Please tell me in detail." Yuan Shu said with great interest.

"Nuo." Ever since Yuan Shu's first guidance, Mr. Lu has admired his majesty with countless fantastic ideas and profound knowledge, and even regarded him as his confidant. Faced with Yuan Shu's rare visit at this time, he

Confess all the problems in your mind in detail.

"When His Majesty proposed steel ships, it was groundbreaking. For so many years, we have always thought that there were only wooden ships. We have been improving the structure of the ship, and our thinking has been completely solidified. We have never thought about the problem that steel ships can float on the water.

His Majesty's words have found a new direction for us shipwrights. A wooden clock is just wood, and its hardness is not as good as steel. The size of the warships that can be built is limited, and ships made of steel can be built on this basis.

Expand. Theoretically, as the density of steel continues to increase, the size of ships can continue to increase." Speaking of professional knowledge, Mr. Lu talked directly.

"On this basis, we have improved all Jiangdong's warships and added more or less steel to some key vulnerable parts, which has generally improved the scale and sturdiness of Jiangdong's ships. But

, we still face many problems in building meaningful all-steel warships that can be put into battle."

"The first is the issue of the scale of steel production. Because steel is given priority to His Majesty's craftsmanship camp for making weapons and armor, and then it is our turn, so the production is somewhat insufficient to supply all-steel products.

Ship manufacturing. With the continuous increase in Jiangdong steel production in recent years, it can now be withdrawn. The second is the issue of steel quality. After so many years of improvement in steel batch manufacturing, the steel used in shipbuilding is now

Not only is the hardness enough to reach 80% of the best steelmaking today, it is completely sufficient."

Speaking of this, Mr. Lu himself couldn't help but let out a long sigh. Who would have thought that the quality of steel mass-produced today through hydraulics and machinery would be of such a level that more than 90% of the craftsmen in Jiangdong could not meet this standard in the past.

Yuan Shu was also quite proud at this time. You must know that the top quality steel of this era is definitely no worse than the ordinary steel of later generations. Countless steel mixing ratio formulas have been lost in later generations. The quality of the steel of some swords unearthed in ancient times is better than that of ordinary steel today.

Even better. So although the manufacturing process is much different, with the help of these mixing ratio formulas, the quality of the steel that Jiangdong can mass-produce today is not much worse than the ordinary steel of later generations.

"The main problem that needs to be solved now is the connection between paint and steel. His Majesty has been vigorously planting lacquer trees in recent years, and the production of paint has basically been solved, but the current paint formula still needs to be improved. With today's paint quality,

The lifespan of a steel ship is not as good as that of a wooden ship. The second is the connection between steel. We have not yet found a way to solve the welding method His Majesty mentioned. We can only try our best to use rivets and casting. However, the ship built in this way is slightly
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